Kevin Worth, CEO of the leading digital media, events and information services company for the crypt asset and blockchain technology community, visited Lehigh University to talk to Lehigh FinTech Group members on the current state of blockchain. Prior to CoinDesk, Kevin had leadership roles at Bloomberg Media, NY Times, and was the founding CEO of The Deal. Kevin graduated from Harvard Business School in 1997 and Lehigh University in 1991. Each year, CoinDesk hosts its annual Consensus Summit, the largest blockchain technology gathering in the world. In addition, CoinDesk puts out a consensus report about the current state of blockchain which describes the progress it has made over the previous year. In that, CoinDesk's goal is to inform the masses about what blockchain really is and how it is revolutionizing everyone's lives. The report initially compares year to date returns of tradition assets vs. digital assets. While traditional assets such as global real estat
Dani Dayan, ambassador to Israel from New York, arrived at Lehigh University to discuss his role as being a liaison between the U.S. and Israeli government in business and technological matters. He started speaking to Lehigh FinTech Group members on how he ended up in Israeli politics. Originally born and raised in Buenos Aires in Argentina, Dayan dreamed of moving to a big city that would be active 24/7. When he was just 15 years old, Dayan and his family moved to Tel Aviv to start a new life. At the time, he was not so impressed with the city as Tel Aviv never used to be very fast paced. Though, as he continued his education in Tel Aviv, the city began to become a hub for business and startup culture. He discussed that Israelis have a very entrepreneurial mindset, one that gives the Silicon Valley a run for its money as Israel has the most new startups compared to any nation. Dayan talked about an Israeli startup that came up with a self circumcision tool for anyone to use. He jo